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UnicoWS.dll

Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Millennium Operating Systems

Prospera Software, Inc.

While the file properties state the file is developed by 'Microsoft Corporation', this is not the case and it is designed just to look like a legitimate Microsoft system file. The module UnicoWS.dll, “Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Win9x Systems (MSLU)” by Prospera Software has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Microsoft Corporation  (signed by Prospera Software, Inc.)

Product:
Microsoft (R) Windows (R) 95, Windows (R) 98, and Windows (R) Millennium Operating Systems

Description:
Microsoft Layer for Unicode on Win9x Systems (MSLU)

Version:
1.1.3790.0

MD5:
bafa1ba56a397380eb55b67eb260fb57

SHA-1:
245c0cdcf57e347b218ae3fe87c151663849202a

SHA-256:
852a5586463c514fcb2fd92a3f244781eecf18bf03b2d9dc439afcf1d369d492

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 3:32:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ProsperaSoftware (M)
16.2.3.15

File size:
253 KB (259,080 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.3790.0

Copyright:
© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
UnicoWS.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hanso cd extractor\unicows.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Prospera Software, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/27/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/27/2014 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Prospera Software, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Prospera Software, Inc.", L=Suwanee, S=Georgia, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5B2765F2A1838273DA2D54A0DF7C3C00

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/7/2004 5:24:00 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
7.10

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:e4OkcR5cbvIFc8vuB4ShpH4BemwbVkEZ7/m:eFkedmBPjHv77/m

Entry address:
0xE8F4

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 0C, 56, 57, 33, FF, 2B, C7, 0F, 84, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 48, 74, 1E, 48, 48, 0F, 85, E4, 00, 00, 00, 39, 3D, CC, BA, 30, 7F, 0F, 85, D8, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8E, C4, FF, FF, E9, CE, 00, 00, 00, E8, 0E, 57, FF, FF, 3D, 00, 00, 00, 80, A3, 8C, B0, 30, 7F, 1B, C0, F7, D8, A3, CC, BA, 30, 7F, 0F, 85, B0, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 16, 2D, 7F, 83, F8, FF, A3, 00, BE, 30, 7F, 75, 11, 68, A4, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, C4, 16, 2D, 7F, 89, 3D, 00, BE, 30, 7F, 8B, 35, C4, 15, 2D, 7F, 68, 40, BE, 30, 7F, FF...
 
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Code size:
228.5 KB (233,984 bytes)

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